Chelsea Standard: Police: Man arrested for drunken driving assaulted police officer at hospital

Posted on Mon, Oct 8, 2012 : 5:46 p.m.

A 47-year-old Chelsea man is accused of assaulting a police officer after he was taken to the hospital due to the amount of alcohol he had consumed, according to a report in the Chelsea Standard.

According to the report, the man was arrested for drunken driving Thursday evening and was transported to Chelsea Community Hospital for treatment due to his high blood alcohol level. At 12:15 a.m. Friday, police were called to the hospital because the man was acting out, according to the report.

When police arrived, the man assaulted an officer and had to be restrained for medical treatment. Once he was released from the hospital he was taken to the Washtenaw County Jail, according to the report.

Read the full Chelsea Standard report here.

Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.

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